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New Guidelines

Dr Collighan was co-Chair of the group that developed and wrote Medial Branch Block Guidelines, recently published jointly by the British Pain Society and the Royal College of Anaesthetists' Pain Faculty, see here

Recent appointment

In 2016 Dr Collighan was appointed as the Southern Representative on the NHS England Clinical Reference Group for Specialised Pain Services. He has a special duty as NICE Liaison for the CRG.

Interview on Meridian TV

Dr Neil Collighan and Dr Raju Bhadresha were interviewed by Meridian ITV about a pioneering operation undertaken at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital’s Day Surgery Centre. Dr Collighan is the Clinical Pain Lead of the Pain Team that performed the operation. It involved implanting a newly-launched spinal cord stimulator into a patient suffering chronic pain .